Although Etched Champion was a card we picked up as a reprint in Modern Masters packs, its legacy in the game is actually through the Modern format, where it saw and continues to see play, in the Affinity archetype
Somehow, they managed it, although Id guess that the set only featuring 85 cards might have made the burden of designing within these constraints a bit easier
As for playgroups, sometimes you just need a bundle that has cards that were meant to play together and the Bloomburrow precon bundle is full of powerful tribes that offer a unique tabletop game
However, the best choice of commander deck is whichever one suits a strategy that the player is interested in
Creatures (20) Lands (23) Spells (17) Sideboard As a two-drop that rewards you for playing cheap cards, it has frequently been used as part of a beatdown plan, giving you more fuel to keep snowballing advantage
Several cards featured in Ursulas Return - including Ursula, Erics Bride and Diablo, Devoted Herald - feature the Shift keyword but allow players to avoid paying ink altogether, in exchange for players having to discard a certain type of card/s to pay to shift them in instead
